&6 CL13IBING PLANTS. [April. 



C. flonda pUnb is a fine free-flowering plant; though gene- 

 rally considered a shrub, is more herbaceous than 

 shrubbery; the flowers are large double white; in 

 growth will not exceed ten feet in one season. 



GtycinefruUscent, a beautiful native climbing shrub, known 

 in our gardens under that name, but is properly Wis- 

 teria frutesccns. It has large pendulous branches of 

 blue leguminose (pea-like) flowers, blooming from May 

 to August; pinnated leaves with nine ovate downy 

 leaflets ; grows freely. 



chirtensis is given to Wisteria, and is the finest 



climbing shrub of the phaseolius tribe. The flowers 

 are light blue, in long nodding, many-flowered, race- 

 mose spikes, blooming from May to August; pro- 

 fusely ; leaves pinnated with eleven ovate lanceolate 

 silky leaflets, and is of a very rapid growth. It is 

 perfectly hardy, withstanding the severity of our win- 

 ters without protection. 



Biynbnia crucfgera is an evergreen which is very desirable in 

 many situations, being likewise of luxuriant growth. 

 It will cover in a few years an area of fifty feet ; 

 flowers of an orange scarlet colour, blooming from May 

 to August. 



B. yrandiflbra, now given to Tecbma, has large orange- 

 coloured flowers, blooming from June to August, and 

 grows very fast. It is perfectly hardy, and a most 

 magnificent plant. 



B. rddicans is likewise given to Tecbma, and is a native 

 plant. When in flower it is highly ornamental, but 

 it requires great attention to keep it in regular order, 

 being of a strong rough nature ; in bloom from June 

 to August. 



l\r\placa grceca, silk vine, is a climber of extraordinary 

 growth. Well established plants grow thirty or forty 

 feet in one season ; flowers in clusters from May to 

 July, of a brownish-yellow colour, and hairy inside ; 

 leaves smooth, ovate lanceolate, wood slender, twining, 

 and clastic. 



Hedera Helix, Irish Ivy, is a valuable evergreen for covering 

 naked walls, or any other unsightly object. The 

 foliage is of a lively green, leaves from three to five 

 angled. Thi re are several varieties of it, all valuable 



